Category: Android

Free hard case with every S4 sold at Expansys

If you’re quick and order a Galaxy S4 before Wednesday you’ll get a free personalised case worth £24.99 courtesy of Expansys. After ordering you will get a unique voucher code which you can use with Skinz The case in question is one of their hard cases and you …

Nokia EOS image leak-fest

Meet the new Nokia EOS. It’s a device that we’ve heard was coming and is now… a little bit closer. Chinese website WPDang has posted these very lovely pictures of the 9.7mm-thich polycarbonate handset which appears to sport a large lens cover / camera and flash arrangement. This …

Google release their own keyboard on the Play Store

Google have recently been unattaching various core apps from the underlying ROM. This basically allows Google and the user to update these apps seperately and with no network/carrier inrerference. So far Gmail, Calendar, Hangouts and YouTube have been published separately. Now with the keyboard Samsung and HTC owners …

Jetpack Joyride is now available for Windows Phone 8

Jetpack Joyride is one of those popular games on the other mobile platforms and today it finally comes to Windows Phone. You basically fly your little man along avoiding obstacles for as long as possible. Sounds addictive doesn’t it? Well it is. Suit up with a selection of …

Apple lose against Samsung in patent dispute

Apple have infringed on a Samsung patent. That’s the ruling of the International Trade Commission (ITC) in the USA. It could mean that older models of the iPad and iPhone are banned from sale in the country as the companies continue to lock horns of patents. The ruling …

HTC One mini leaked images hit the web

Remember the HTC M4? This looks to be arriving as the HTC One mini and, like the Galaxy S4 Mini, will be a slightly-less-good and slightly-smaller version of the bigger brother. Leaked shots have appeared today, complete with a serial number (doah!) and specs are reported to include …

Samsung announce the Galaxy S4 Active

As usual these days when a phone is finally announced we have seen pictures and specs already. So devices like this arrive with a “oh yeah I remember that one” kind of reaction. The Galaxy S4 Active is basically an S4 with a TFT screen instead of Super …

OPPO Find 5 unboxing video

The OPPO Find 5 is the Android phone with a 5″ full HD screen that costs only 399 Euros. It has the potential to be a giant killer, but it wasn’t available in Europe until last week, and it crept in beneath the radar of most people even …

Gmail for Android gets that new update

Remember the other day we mentioned that Gmail for Android would be getting a nice update? Ravi mentioned it here. It was meant to be rolling out over the next few weeks and it appeared in APK format over the last few days, well now it’s all official. …

HTC loses their Chief Operating Officer

We’ve already seen a lot of the HTC top brass leave the company, but now the Chief Operating Officer, Matthew Costello, has left too. He became COO in January 2011, so has only been in the position for two and a half years. There definitely seems to be …

Sky+ Android app updated, and jolly good it is too

Sky have obviously got over those problems from last week now. All of their apps now show up in the Google Play store correctly and one, the Sky+ app, has received a significant update. When you’re out and about it’ll still let you send a record command back …

Yandex Shell is a new launcher for Android

Yandex are the company that bought SPB a few years ago and they are also behind the popular launcher SPB Shell. Yandex Shell is like a trimmed down version of SPB Shell and best of all it’s free. Yandex Shell is a home launcher and address book for …

Jelly Bean is nearly the most popular version of Android

Which version of Android does it run? That’s one of most frequent questions asked of manufactures when they announce a new phone or tablet. It’s also used to gauge quite how good a deal is on some clearance website. Every month Google collate the Android versions of every …

Sony announce the Xperia M

Sony seem to have gone into new phone overdrive this year, we have already got the Xperia Z, L, J, E, SP and the newly announced ZR not to mention the Tablet Z, today they have announced the Xperia M. The Xperia M seems to sit in the …

Adobe release an official Windows Phone PDF reader

Adobe themselves have now released a PDF reader for Windows Phone. Yes, there’s been an MS version, but this is the official one from Adobe. You can open and read PDF documents and you can also search, copy, paste, zoom and scroll around a document. It’s good, but …

Nextgen Reader will soon support Feedly

Ever since Google decided that no one used their RSS service Reader and decided to kill it off, I’ve been patiently waiting. I’ve been waiting for a decent replacement to step up. My main concern was the struggle I have keeping up with my RSS feeds on Windows …

Sony Xperia Tablet Z is now available on Vodafone

Do you often get your tablet drenched? The Sony Xperia Tablet Z might be the tablet you are looking for. Spec wise it’s as you’d expect. Specifications: – Dimensions (mm) 172 x 266 x 6.9 – Weight 495g – Display 10.1 inches TFT, 1920×1080 pixels – Processor 1 …

Vine for Android is nearly available

Vine is a mini video sharing social network. That has been exclusive on iOS for a while now. Vine is the best way to see and share life in motion. Create short, beautiful, looping videos in a simple and fun way for your friends and family to see. …

Huawei Ascend P2 now at Three

Three have just sent out a press release confirming the new Huawei Ascend P2 is now on sale here in the UK We got hands on the P2 at MWC this year and were very impressed with the design but we’re unable to test the superfast networking due …

My time with the HTC One

Now and again a company gets it right when designing a phone. Like Apple did with the iPhone 4s, Nokia with the Lumia 800, Sony with the Xperia Z and now HTC with the One. When the HTC One arrived I knew that I wouldn’t be that shocked …

Acer announce the Liquid S1 5.7″ ..ermm .. “phone”

Large phones are becoming a thing nowadays. With every manufacturer jumping on the bandwagon. What used to just be a niche market product made by Samsung has spiralled to what we have today. Acer have gone and announced the latest in the Liquid range, the S1. Which marks …

Otterbox Commuter Punked case for the HTC One – Review

Another month and another Otterbox case it is for me, I just can’t help myself. I get an expensive phone, I just want to look after it from then on in. Which in my world means buying an Otterbox case. So onto the review, starting with a few …

Audi release an app to save battery life.. in your phone

If you drive a flash car you might know about the “stop-start” technology that usually kicks in when you stop at traffic lights. Your engine will stop and then, as you touch the accelerator, it’ll start again. To be honest it drove me a bit mental when I …

Samsung announce the Galaxy Tab 3 range

Samsung have their core ranges of products and the Galaxy Tab range seems to have been around since the beginning of time Android. The original Galaxy Tab came out at a time when when Android tablets didn’t really exist. Nowadays Android are everywhere, some days I can’t move …

LG Optimus L5 II – Initial Impressions

LG and their phones have pretty much passed me by during my time on this planet. In fact I don’t think I’ve ever even touched one. Here is my history if you’re interested, (according to that I did once have an LG). So getting my hands on the Optimus …

HTC One Google Edition to retain Beats Audio and HTC camera function

The Vice President of Android Product Management at Google, Hugo Barra, has been revealing some secrets about the HTC One Google Edition (the One running stock Android rather than the HTC Sense skin). Whilst speaking with Nilay Patel from fellow tech site The Verge, Hugo slipped the as …

Android App Review – LatteScreen by AppDisco

I’m always up for making a few quid, given today’s economical climate, and all that.  So when Leigh told me of an app that makes you rich, I jumped at the chance to review it.  Wahey – who doesn’t like the sound of that?  Just unlock your phone, …

Xtreamer JoyZ released

We got a lovely email from the Korean-based Xtreamer Mobile the other day (no, we’ve never heard of them either). It began with the words: Dear Friends, Xtreamer, the Korean leader company in the field of media players and media streaming, is doing it again with its new …

Acer cashback offer extended throughout June

Acer UK have announced that they are continuing their £20 cashback deal on purchases of the Acer Iconia B1 8GB and 16GB models, making the final price £79.99 and £99.99. If you’re after a cheap basic tablet then the B1 might be the one for you. Cashback is …

Exterminate Undead Vermin today on Android

I love the old female cowboy zombie killing genre of games. This latest game that has been released today fits right into that genre luckily, you take on the role of the female cowboy zombie killer, armed with only some guns and your heels. It might not sound …

The Sony Xperia SP is now available on Three

Three have just announced that the Xperia SP which we reviewed the other week here. The Sony Xperia SP is available for £26 a month with no upfront cost on the Ultimate Internet 500 plan and for £29 a month with no upfront cost on The One Plan. Both …

HTC considers releasing stock ROM for regular Ones

Hot on the heels of the HTC One Google Edition announcement yesterday, there’s now the possibility of HTC releasing an official stock Android ROM for those with “HTC Editions”. In comments made to Pocket-lint, a HTC spokesmen was quoted as saying that HTC was “taking a look at …

Are Microsoft kidding?

I love Windows Phone, Microsoft, Samsung and Android so the following video doesn’t appeal to any particular bias I may have. But Microsoft seem to have lost it. Basically they’ve decided to compare the cost of the Samsung Galaxy S4 (about £500) with the cost of the Nokia …

Nokia Lumia 620 going cheap at Phones 4U

This morning you may have noticed a big advert in The Metro For this, the Nokia Lumia 620. The Windows Phone handset is down in price this weekend at Phones 4U. It’s £127.96 + £10 top up and from £103.96 on prepay upgrade. Available in black or pink …

Huawei introduce Ascend Y210, G510 and MediaPad 7 Lite to TalkTalk

Huawei have always done budget phones well, and as of next week Talk Talk will be boosting their choice of entry level Androids with the Ascend Y210 and Ascend G510. They’ve also bagged Huawei’s MediaPad 7 Lite budget tablet. The G510 comes in at £10 per month, and …

The HTC Phablet rumour that just won’t go away

We thrive on rumours and leaks these days, I can’t sleep some days until I’ve read what someone somewhere thinks some company might release at some point soon. Sometimes though @evleaks on Twitter is involved things are a little different, things are a little more real. So when …

S4 Mini coming to Three

Three have just uploaded a video to their YouTube channel with a hands on of the new Samsung Galaxy S4 Mini. It’s only just been announced, but Three have already confirmed that they will be taking it. The S4 Mini features a 4.3 inch screen, 1.7GHz Dual-Core processor, …

HTC One Google Edition officially unveiled

Everyone knew it was coming, and now Sundar Pichai has revealed the phone that everyone has been waiting for live on stage at the D11 conference. It’s the same amazing hardware that everyone has been raving about, minus Sense and plus some stock Android goodness. The model will …